06/26/2014
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević receives a summons for the first day of trial and the Appellate Court’s Decision dated 01/29/2014 about jurisdiction of the High Court in Belgrade. The trial date is postponed due to a strike of the Bar Association of Serbia. All presented documentation as well as all statements of participants in the process will be published at this web site.

06/13/2014
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević submitted an appeal to the Constitutional Court, after the High Court in Belgrade has not considered his objections to the change of legal qualification by the Prosecutor on 05/14/2010.

05/06/2014
The Appellate Court in Belgrade has confirmed the order of detention of Tomislav Đorđević after 3 years and six months, by finally ruling on his appeal against detention from 12/06/2010.

04/17/2014
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević receives an unnamed document dated 30/05/2013, with which the Prosecutor’s Office notifies the High Court in Belgrade about the “change” of legal qualification in the criminal investigation from 2011, by eliminating one word, and adding another.

03/25/2014
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević and his lawyers submit their replies to the unnamed document issued by the Prosecutor’s Office in Belgrade, about the “change” of the indictment from 2010.

03/12/2014
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. The Appellate Court in Belgrade refuses the appeals of Tomislav Đorđević and his legal representatives from 03/03/2014.

03/07/2014
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević receives an unnamed document dated 14.05.2013., with which the Prosecutor’s Office informs the High Court in Belgrade that it has changed “change” the legal qualification in the indictment from 2010., by deleting one word.

03/03/2014
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević and his legal representative have filed appeals against the decision of the First Basic Court in Belgrade to declare itself incompetent in the criminal proceeding for alleged criminal offences under article 234 of the Criminal Code.

02/24/2014
Tomislav Đorđević submits an appeal to the Constitutional Court related to violation of his right to appeal in 2011.

02/06/2014
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. The First Basic Court in Belgrade declares itself incompetent in the criminal proceeding for alleged criminal offences under article 234 of the Criminal Code.

02/05/2014
Jelko Kacin, the EP Rapporteur for Serbia addressed a written question to the European Commission related to the rule of law in Serbia, in particular the arbitrary implementation of new article 234 of the Criminal Code („abuse of position by responsible person“) and the lack of legal certainty for investors. The letter is published on the EU Parliament's website.

02/05/2014
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević has requested from the Ministry of Justice, the High Judicial Council and the Appellate Court in Belgrade, to take disciplinary measures against persons in the High Court in Belgrade responsible for withholding his appeal against detention instead of sending it to the Appellate Court, and those responsible for covering up that fact for two years by giving false information.

09/30/2013
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. The Apellate Court in Belgrade has dismissed the appeals submitted by Tomislav Đorđević and his lawyers on 06/27/2013.

09/12/2013
The European Court of Human Rights has decided not to review the applications made by Tomislav Đorđević on the grounds local remedies have not been exhausted. Tomislav Đorđević may submit new applications when ongoing proceedings before Serbian courts are terminated.

06/27/2013
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević and his legal representatives have filed appeals against the decision of the High Court in Belgrade to change jurisdiction.

06/07/2013
Hotel Prag – criminal proceeding. The High Court in Belgrade declares itself incompetent and issues a Decision to change jurisdiction, due to the Prosecutor’s reclassification of the charges from article 359 of the Criminal Code – „abuse of office“ to article 234 of the Criminal Code – „abuse of position by responsible person“.

06/03/2013
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević and his legal representatives have filed appeals against the decision of the High Court in Belgrade to change jurisdiction.

05/28/2013
Ribarsko Gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Tomislav Đorđević receives the Decision of the High Court in Belgrade on change of jurisdiction, due to the Prosecutor's reclassification of the charges from article 359 of the Criminal Code – „abuse of office“ to article 234 of the Criminal Code – „abuse of position by responsible person“.

03/29/2013
Ribarsko gazdinstvo – criminal proceeding. Forensic finance experts at KPMG Prague complete their analysis of the business relationship between DTD Ribarstvo and Ribarsko gazdinstvo, concluding that transactions which are subject of the indictment were conducted within the expected range of fair values.

03/27/2013
European Voice publishes an article citing the case of Tomislav Đorđević.

02/22/2013
Hotel Prag – commercial dispute. Tomislav Đorđević receives the decision of the Supreme Court of Cassation to refuse his request for revision of the proceeding.

02/18/2013
The Parliament magazine publishes an article by Jelko Kacin, the EP rapporteur for Serbia, on the rule of law in Serbia and abuse of article 359 (page 16).

01/08/2013
Ribarsko gazdinstvo. DTD Ribarstvo receives the ruling of the Commercial Court which denies the request initiated by the state custodian of Ribarsko gazdinstvo. The court rules that Ribarsko gazdinstvo suffered no damages in the business relationship with DTD Ribarstvo (another company of Tomislav Đorđević), as disputed transactions were carried out at fair market prices. The same supposed “damages” are still subject of the criminal proceeding against Tomislav Đorđević and others.

12/21/2012
Tomislav Đorđević has submitted a third application to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, regarding his wrongful arrest, detention and criminal prosecution.

12/06/2012
The government has adopted a Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code, under which company owners are meant to be removed from the circle of responsible persons who may abuse their positions in companies. However, amendment to Article 359 and 234 still leave ample room for judicial abuse, since it is unclear what kind of actions by responsible persons in companies may be incriminated under Article 234.

11/30/2012
Tomislav Đorđević has submitted two applications to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg regarding the privatisations of Ribarsko gazdinstvo Beograd and Hotel Prag.

10/26/2012
Members of the European Parliament issued a press release about the proposed amendments of article 359 and 234 of the Criminal Code, which was not published by the Serbian media.

10/15/2012
The Ministry of Justice published on its website a draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code, which is contrary to European standards and paragraph 18 of EP resolution of 29 March 2012. This proposal creates a new tool for arbitrary and unfounded criminal prosecution of owners and employees of private companies in Article 234 - Abuse of position of responsible person, replacing the provisions for company owners and management currently found in Article 359 - Abuse of office.

08/26/2012
Jelko Kacin, the European Parliament’s Rapporteur for Serbia met with Tomislav Đorđević in Novi Sad and visited the company DTD Ribarstvo. In his interview for B92 News on 28 August, Jelko Kacin raises the case of Tomislav Đorđević.

07/27/2012
Ribarsko gazdinstvo. Tomislav Đorđević submits new appeal to the Constitutional Court following deied revision of the commercial dispute.

07/18/2012
Hotel Prag. Tomislav Đorđević receives the decision of 6 June 2012 by the Commercial Appellate Court to deny his appeal.

07/04/2012
Ribarsko gazdinstvo. Tomislav Đorđević receives the decision of 22 March 2012 by the Supreme Court of Cessation to refuse revision of the commercial.

06/24/2012
Tomislav Đorđević writes to the new Serbian President, Mr. Tomislav Nikolić, about his case.

06/14/2012
Tomislav Đorđević files a private request for criminal investigation against Nebojša Mandić, Boško Ristić, Spomenka Milojević, Svetlana Čolović, Svetlana Tonić and Kristina Loci for falsifying reports on market value.
On 29 May 2012 the Prosecutor’s Office declared the charges against these individuals to be unfounded and refused to initiate an investigation.

05/23/2012
Tomislav Đorđević files a private request for criminal investigation against Milosav Stojanović, police inspector, for willfully misrepresenting facts and construing false criminal accusations.
On 10 May 2012 the Prosecutor’s Office declared the charges against Milosav Stojanović to be unfounded and refused to initiate an investigation.

03/29/2012
The European Parliament adopts its resolution on Serbia. Point 18 of the resolution calls for changes to Article 359 of the Criminal Code and the immediate termination of unfounded proceedings against the owners and management of private enterprises.

03/07/2012Criminal charges pressed against Milosav Stojanović (PhD in management and police inspector) for abusing his authority in fabricating criminal charges for Ribarsko Gazdinstvo and Hotel Prag.
Supporting documents in Serbian can be downloaded here for charges related to Ribarsko gazdinstvo and Hotel Prag.

01/12/2012
Court appointed experts in a commerical dispute launched by Ribarsko Gazdinstvo submitted their report on 01/12/2012. The experts value the assets sold by Ribarsko gazdinstvo to DTD Ribarstvo at RSD 82 million using the liquidation method and RSD 149 million using the income method. Both of these valuations are lower than the price paid for the assets by DTD Ribarstvo. Based on false “market values” provided by the Ribarsko Gazdinstvo “committee”, Tomislav et all are criminally charged with the sale of these same assets to DTD Ribarstvo below market value and alleged damages in excess of RSD 124 million (around EUR 1.4 million).

06/29/2011
The European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Serbia, Jelko Kacin, addressed a written question to the European Commission related to the rule of law in Serbia, citing the Đorđević case as example of the lack of legal certainty for investors and concerns about the independence of the justice system. The letter is published on the EU Parliament’s website and can also be downloaded here.

06/22/2011
New post in Untruths. Letter to journalist Dimitrije Boarov and the editorial office of Vreme weekly about the article published by Vreme following the arrest.